Japan's Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera listens to a question during an interview with Reuters in Tokyo

Japan's Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera listens to a question during an interview with Reuters at the Defence Ministry in Tokyo February 14, 2013. Japan has the right to develop the ability to make a pre-emptive strike against an imminent attack given a changing security environment although it has no plan to do so now, Onodera said on Thursday, days after North Korea conducted a third nuclear test. To match Interview JAPAN-DEFENCE/ REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY HEADSHOT)